About the Conference

5th International Conference on Apparel & Home Textiles
18th & 19th September, 2009
@ India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Theme: “VALUE THINKING”
Host: OKHLA GARMENT AND TEXTILE CLUSTER (OGTC)

Every year OGTC organizes International Conference on Apparel and Home Textiles (ICAHT). The 4TH International Conference on Apparel and Home Textiles (ICAHT-08) with Dr. J.N.Singh-IAS, Jt. Secretary Ministry of Textiles Government Of India as Conference Patron was organized in New Delhi on 26th – 27th September, 2008 where 365 participants attended the conference.

The two days deliberations were chaired by eminent people namely.

• Mr. Vimal Kirti Singh, IAS, Secretary General, AEPC
• Mr. Sudhir Dhingra, M.D. Orient  Craft
• Mr. Praveen Nayyar, M.D. Dimple Creation
• Md. Fazlul Hoque, President, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturing & Exporters Association
• Mr. A.K.G. Nair, Group Director (National & International) Pearl Academy of Fashion
• Mr. D.K. Nair, Secretary General, CITI
• Prof. M.L. Gulrajani. IIT Delhi.
• Mr. Devangshu Dutta, CEO Third Eyesight Consultant
• Mr. K.W. Yeung, ED CITA, Hong-Kong

Theme of Conference

Today, the textiles and apparel market is increasingly global operating in a highly competitive market, requiring specialization and targeting market niches. More significant is the array of new production and control technologies, controlled through a "quick response" network that effectively reduces the distance between producers and retailers. 

Technological advancements is seen by industry trade groups as the key to increased competitiveness in the global marketplace.

India’s textiles and apparel enterprises remain a critical part of the national economy. Forces of change—primarily technology and international competition have gathered strength for a generation, forcing the industry through its most profound transformation since the industrial revolution. Such change has affected the nature of products produced; how they are produced; how they are marketed; the structure, scale, and scope of the enterprises producing them; and the nature of jobs created directly and indirectly by the industry. OGTC believes that in order to move forward we must shift from functional management to Value Thinking.  This can, and should, be applied all the time, not just in formal studies and workshops

The industry should start considering value thinking as a special case of decision making and there by, we open up the possibilities for including all appropriate tools and it is impossible to plan successfully to achieve value without taking account of uncertainty.
In these turbulent times of economic Tsunami the subject  “Functional Management to  Value Thinking” becomes more and more  relevant and critical and as such is the theme of the conference 

KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN ICAHT 09

1. Carbon Footprint 
2. Lean Manufacturing
3. Building Global Competitiveness
4. Quality as a Culture
5. Innovative Marketing
6. Product Development & Fashion Forecasting
7. Open and Non-Retaliatory Workplace
8. Corporate Responsibilities
9. Human trafficking